The Diary of Philip Leget Edwards. The Great Cattle Drive from California to Oregon in 1837.
by EDWARDS, PHILIP LEGET
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Sierra Madre, California, United States
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About This Item
Grabhorn Press, 1932. Special Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Boards and green cloth back, a near fine copy. First edition thus. Limited to 500 copies and printed on Van Gelder paper. Heller & Magee 172. Six Score 36: "Narrative of the first recorded cattle drive in California. Edwards's diary was originally published serially in Themis magazine in the 1860s. Aside from its cattle interest, which recounts bringing some 630 head of cattle from California to Oregon, the book is also a California and fur trade item." Herd 747: "Scarce.. written in the form of a diary and contains details of the earliest cattle drive." Howes E66. Cowan p. 192. Graff 1216. Wagner-Camp 48 (note). Merrill's Aristocrats.
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- Bookseller
- Darwin Labordo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 290
- Title
- The Diary of Philip Leget Edwards. The Great Cattle Drive from California to Oregon in 1837.
- Author
- EDWARDS, PHILIP LEGET
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 4
- Edition
- Special Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Grabhorn Press
- Date Published
- 1932
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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